Informational Text Craft and Structure
CCS: RI.3.4. Determine the meaning ofgeneral academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
PASS:
Standard 2: Vocabulary - The student will develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary.
1. Words in Context - Use context clues (the meaning of the text around the word) to determine the meaning of grade-level appropriate words
Informational Text Craft and Structure
RI.3.3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
This website gives students opportunities to follow the migration of several animals, including hummingbirds, robins, and monarch butterflies. They can add their observations to the database, and can ask experts questions during the migration season. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/humm/index.html
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Informational Text
Craft and Structure
CCS: RI.3.4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
PASS:
Standard 2: Vocabulary - The student will develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary.
1. Words in Context - Use context clues (the meaning of the text around the word) to determine the meaning of grade-level appropriate words
Earth Verse:
This set of lesson plans has kids read a science book, choose appropriate vocabulary words, and use them in diamante, shape, and acrosticpoetry. All resources are online except the book. Could be adapted to almost any science book. Could be used without the ReadWriteThink
poetry templates.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/earth-verse-using-science-1141.html?tab=5#tabs
Informational Text
Craft and Structure
RI.3.3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Project North
This website gives students opportunities to follow the migration of several animals, including hummingbirds, robins, and monarch butterflies. They can add their observations to the database, and can ask experts questions during the migration season.http://www.learner.org/jnorth/humm/index.html
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
**Animal Classification**
Lesson demonstrating the genus-species classification of animals and asking students to find the genus and species of four different animals; then apply the classification strategy to everyday objects. (Discovery Education Lesson Plan0http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/animal-classification.cfm
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